Some new records of scarab beetles of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, with a checklist

Authors

  • Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate Zoological Survey of IndiaWestern Regional CentreVidhya Nagar, Sector-29P.C.N.T. (PO)Rawet Road, AkurdiPune-411044Maharashtra https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6749 (unauthenticated)
  • Banani Mukhopadhyay Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO),Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India
  • Sonal Vithal Pawar Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-7604
  • Vighnesh Durgaram Shinde Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4840-494X

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https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5695.13.1.17580-17586

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Abstract

The present paper presents two new records of the species, viz., Onthophagus (Onthophagus) madoqua Arrow, 1931; and Onthophagus (Gibbonthophagus) duporti Boucomont, 1914 with a checklist of the genus Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 from Maharashtra.

Author Biographies

  • Aparna Sureshchandra Kalawate, Zoological Survey of IndiaWestern Regional CentreVidhya Nagar, Sector-29P.C.N.T. (PO)Rawet Road, AkurdiPune-411044Maharashtra

    Entomology

  • Banani Mukhopadhyay, Zoological Survey of India, Western Regional Centre, Vidya Nagar, Sector-29, P.C.N.T. (PO),Rawet Road, Akurdi, Pune, Maharashtra 411044, India

    Entmology

  • Sonal Vithal Pawar, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra India

    Biodiversity

  • Vighnesh Durgaram Shinde, Abasaheb Garware College, Pune, Maharashtra India

    Biodiversity

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